Wrought-metal barrel.



No. 704,365. Patentedluly 8, I902. E. C. PHILLIPS.

WROUGHT METAL BARREL.

(Application filed Max. 28, 1902.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

ELWOOD C. PHILLIPS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF TI-IREE-FOURTHS TOCHARLES R. BARRETT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WROUGHT-METAL BARREL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 704,366, dated July 8,1902.

Application filed March 28, 1902. Serial No. 100,402. (No model.)

To wZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELWOOD C. PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and Stateof Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVVrought- Metal Barrels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that type of to wrought-metal barrels andlike'fluid-containing packages in which a series of cylindrical sectionsstamped, drawn, or spun from sheets or blanks of metal into the requiredshape are secured together at their meeting edges I5 to form thecompleted article; and the present improvement has forits objects toprovide a simple and efficient construction of parts wherewith thesections comprising the barrel are connected together in a tight andsubstantial manner and with which an inner lining is secured in place ina manner to prevent access of liquid between the contiguous surfaces ofthe outer barrel-shell and the inner lining to cause a corroding actioneither chemical or electrolytic in its nature of either of suchsurfaces, all as will hereinafter more fully appear and be moreparticularly pointed out in the claims. I attain such objects by theconstruction and arrangementof parts illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in

which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of ,a barrel with parts in sectionand embodying the present invention; Fig. 2, an enlarged fragmentary 3 5section of the same.

Similar numerals of reference indicate like parts in both views.

As represented in the drawings, the barrel will comprise in its simplerform two substantially counterpart outer or end sections 1 and 2 and acentral connecting-section 3. All of said sections are formed fromsuitablyshaped sheets or blanks of wrought metal by any of the usualdrawing, stamping, or spinning operations usual to the art, and whileeach section is shown as formed of a single integral piece of metal itis within the scope of the present invention to form the varioussections of a number of pieces of the required size and shape securedtogether in asubstantial manner by welding or other usual means and asthe judgment of the constructor may suggest. The aforesaid series ofsections will have a cylindrical form and will have the usual flaringform, as shown, to afford the usual bilge or belly to the finishedbarrel.

In the present invention the central member 3, of an annular form, asshown, is provided with offsetted primary extensions 4 and 5 at itsopposite ends, which are screwthreaded externally, so as to screw intothe corresp0ndingly-screw-threaded ends of the respective outer sections1 and 2 in the assemblage of the sections togethertoform a completedbarrel.

In addition the central section is provided with secondary extensions 6and 7, the outer surfaces or peripheries of which are tapered, as shown,and are adapted to have engagement with correspondingly-flared portionsof the respective end sections 1 and 2 when the parts are assembled andinsure a tight joint at the points of union of the parts.

When the barrel is to remain unlined, the tapering outer peripheries ofthe secondary extensions 6 and 7 will have direct contact with thecorrespondingly-flared portions of the respective end sections. When,however, the barrel is to be provided with an inoorrodi ble lining, suchcontact will not be a direct one, but will be an indirect one, which ismade by the intervention of the barrel-lining in manner now set forth.

8 and 9 are lining sheets or plates arranged within the respective endsections 1 and 2 and extended to the screw-threaded ends of the same, asshown.

10 is a lining-sheet arranged within the central annular section 3, withthe ends of such lining folded over the secondary extensions 6 and 7 ofthe same, as shown. As so constructed and arranged the parts of thelining 10, which are folded over the extensions 6 and 7, are adapted toconstitute the tapering surfaces of the central section 3 and engage thecorrespondingly-formed surfaces of thelinings 8 and 9 in effecting atight joint between the sections in the operation of assembling theparts together as a completed barrel.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure adjacent thereto,lining-sheets arranged within said endsections, a central connectingsection having primary oifsetted andscrewthreaded extensions and secondary tapering extensions, and alining-sheet fitting the interior of the central section and having itsends folded over the secondary extensions thereof, substantially as setforth.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 24th day of March, 1902.

ELWOOD C. PHILLIPS.

Witnesses:

ROBERT BURNS, HENRY A. No'rT,

